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Home My WebLink AboutExeter Advocate, 1902-5-8, Page 74p*****************ttteA 4t„ The Missing. Millionaire. ,**it4diti.-fftWoot."ff“hirti-drjV# Soeiety—with a. copital So -mode much oi hlr. Hiram. T., Beats, Lt accepted his chimer invitatione, dreolt his wines, and mooted hi* ci- gars (tooth •et were eXcellent) with A refreshingly easy grace conSideratle.11 Of these little iteme cheerfully 1ergot what, in other cir,' clmistanCeS. it Would never haVo for- gilielt—nalnely, that his few odd mil - liens of dellars were tho result ilitlicions "comer" in pork; engineer- ed by thi tit r.Beats in hie native ChiCago Pot many years bee fore. With suelt an example it is nOt to be wondered at, that society, with- out the caPital letter—perticularly the section of it to which I the he - longed --should torn envious eye g in the direction of the weolthy Ameri- can; end maw were the tiit einem get• in motion which had for their end the laudable one at relieving him Qt oonte of his euderibuote cash. Persorally, I pondered the ques- tion as to bow this doeirable con- sul:mu:Moo could he brought, about for long time, ontit, in feet. I had weHi glean up the task es hope- less. At that Kedge moment, how- otar. Providence, fti the wolitely sJae of Jim Bragg*. interloped. Stopping into my little amictum One eveniug with the mysterious hearing of ono who has importaot news to communicate, be whisoered ; "Core'nor, 'ewe you 'card that old Beats is goonter Liverpool 1 One• - tow It, right ; dcin't yet' fergitt it I Four Vclock from $t. 1ancram1 stop the night in, Liverpool, an' talioi the New York boat un tho Satuttd day. 'Ow's that ter a bit of news?'" "fllOriouS." I replied, 'if correct. But is it ?" "da'rect 'Wm look at that !" Pullioig an evening joernal, from his poetet Ito pointed with triumph mull( a dirty foreiteger to a paregroplo imder the headieg ef "Sc.piety Do - lags." the plarport of which was tor - tail*. its he had stated. "ow are yer eatiaued "Quite," I saitl. "no opportun- ity le far too good a one to be rnieeed ; rood it shall not be my fault if we don't tate 4111 nelvantage of It, Only let um tell you this. .11va. It* going to be a much bigger affair than usual. I can se e tloot plainly. Kidnapping a snart---P "Kidnapplid Who road anything aluett kidnappild ?" "—h apt to be risIty at, any thaw" 1 continued, not heeding the interruption ; "but when tho man happens to he a, millionaire is a form of reereation which becomes positively dangerous. Still, the tttithe is worth the risk, and Wood's the main thing." "But what. do you want ter libi- tum hint -* all for r. persisted Jim. "than' work the oracle with- out ?" "Very MOW," t answered. "but not so neatly. You leove it to me. r I: got an Idea that's going to he worth something considerable to us before it's doe° with, or that u. Dutchman It' "Right eiou are, gnehnor. That's Idle way to tall:. What's the goono this time ?" "Very simple To -Morrow we go down to Liverpool together, take a furnished house in a district where it's pretty quiet. and install e•ou In it as earetaker, or whateVer you like. I return to London, travel by the somo trail% as our bird on Wri- day, in order to keep an eyo on. him. and you meet us at the sta- tioe with something that looks as much like an hotel omnibus as Pos- sible. Into this he must Le got somehow,. and the rest should not he difficult. Once he realizes the situation I should fancy hell be WUting tO purchase freedOnt at a reasonable price." shoUld fancy e will," chuckled Brags's. "Wilre's wishine it luck, any'ow?" And, picking up the glass of malt liquor With ‘Vhich, laiowing his propensities in that direction, I had furnished him, Jim drained it without so much as stopping to take breath. The first thing," I said. "is to consider what we shall want in the W7 of tackle. Clothes, for in- -+. stance—you'll wanta different rig- out from that, you know And perhaps it would be as well to have a. couple of the boys to assist in case a little extra persuasion should be necessary—you can arrange that?" "Cert'nly, guv'nor—a 'very good idea. I'll take those two little com- missions in 'and at once." There, for the nonce, we separated. tight o'clock the next morning, however, saw us together again—this time as travellers to the Mersey sea- port. There is DO need for inc to describe our doings there ?a tedious length ; enough for me to say that, having secured the necesSary house and settled xrarious other matters, I returned to town well satisfied with the way things were shaping, leav- ing Braggs in charge at the other end. The only fear now was lest some- thing should transpire to postpone the millionaire's journey ; and I musk own that it. was with a• sigh of relief I saw the portly figure that I keew so well emerge leisurely from the booking -office about a quarter of an hoer before train time on the fatal day. Mthe r. *Beats halted at e to purchase sone papers ; then turn- ed into the telegrapl• office. / had an inepiration to follow; and lucky it was that I did so. Iimnediately he had scribbled out his form and handed it to the. operator, I (who had occupied the adjacent partition On Pretence of also sending a wire) tore off the next sheet from the pad which he had used and crammed it hastily into my pocket. ' Five minutes later we steamed slowly out from under the big arch- ed roof, and 1 had an opportunity to eOamine it away from prying eyes. As I anticipated, the hard pencil had made just suiticient im- pression on the paper to enable mo to deciphee what had been written. "Alexericho, Uotel, Liverpool/t it read. "Reserve rooms for me to- night.—Beats." "Oho," thought I, "here Is o little matter which must be adiusted Accordiegly at Leice*ter paid a hurried visit to the tele- graPb (Ake onwoy OWn aCCOnnt•A the Aleitaodra Hotel .1 wired eel wire re rooms to -night ; ant re- turning London,—Ileets," and, hav- ing one so, dispatched o brief mes- sage to Wraggs telling him how Matters stood. So far So good, There was not likely to be any more difficulty tilt we reached Liverpool, and 1relaxed oellieie*tI to allow myself the lux- ory tif a, clam^. Fortune set eeed to favor us again, "When we got to Liverpool U was raining heavily, and fearfully boise teoaus withal. the consequences ho - 'ng that few peoplo were about. /houtedlately Mr, lleata descended trent his compartment, dim who was waiting close by With his 'buse— hired for the occasion at a prieo whicie effectually elosured eerie:yard queetions—touelted his hat in -true professional style, and inquired ; 'Alexandra. sir 2 Yessir." The raiiliontiire nodded, Jim threw open the door, caught up the brown Olatistorse hag witile I ascended the box. frem the off side. and in 'cog than half a Minute we wero hewliog Atray at a mart peep. Without the least stispielon Beets had walked toto the trap ott, tor hint d in fact, the affair could not been been accomplished in neater fashion had wo rehearsed it twenty The first intimation he had of any- thing IMUSnat WL:11 we pulled up in front of a door in a Willy lighted etreet, mace(' of the pot otial hetet entroneo 110 evened to see ; and bent again the dreneltiug rain and bowitag wind proved Yalu able Whoa The exclamation which rose to Ids lips as he put foot in the step was uneeremoniously smothered by a bend placed mat bus mouth ; and tefore he quite re- alized what was hapeweleg We ha bundled him through the ready olten tloor into the bouee, ratot thing only occupied a, few woods. ()mice insitle I bad little few' hir Weals, too, when he saw how loot tai's were. fuced the situation trite Yantee inerecturhability. "Mil. Wears meow, twin' con- duded your acrobatic performance, you'll coudeecend to tell roo what at LhIs ree.aos, onlater ?" be drawled, when tho others Mod left us in ac- cordance with the arrangement made beforehand. "Certainly." I replied. In tay ptio Meet manner. "In Wm first place. It onetons, sir, that for the time W- ing you are ony priooner, tbouglo I beg you to believe thot everything shall be done to mate the emotivity as little basonte as possible," I added. "Allow me to oder you some refreshment—a little whisky and, seltzer, or hook. it you meter it 2" "Wal, thanks, sonoy, T don't mind If I do just bov a small peg. *Steady: Wail do nicely !" „ "reaps a peg better than some, WONDERFWL 'dRE sonny 1" he flashed back, as he toss- ed, the cheque over, 17,ihe charity, Pr°duee Ge21135.xte Bows' Mil; and it covers, a multitude of sins." the Peet te Boil It Wt. I smiled at his pleasantry—/ could alIplax°redto d p r cei o ugso uomf °•radp—e rcuilnd itt:elor greatboontgh ao°rvotiene7t-snoye'h es1711.1 :1"ido ar consider osi1 ttreeIC: 117- iny pocket, bog on befog topped yielded o liberal 'And Pacm bring on that supper., UeortnnipuYa°414021y" .411:ngsa:: a74°11,tit,;14,4sT31; .41.111a.P1P to aQnt dr" aratoaentd litordellsTjinsgmuitkotbecilr; from genuine icows' withoat palt.ls,e'heartehtiveasantly ezioug.h. Au% cow with the iron tail." fact." three-quarters of an hour any fear of adulteratioo from ”theo Beats appeared to regard his enforce, inillellitaantpsnoviffesgoeutash eAopatoeyriedc4,byQrtalzeti ceedrte:ipritiyivitylwassuatnspeXoCi°1elideatt)esatp: least the tropical parts of it, where tite-otoughed and joked freely, and the eewhtree (rhieit has been graPhit declared after the Second glass Of daily described by Humboldt) grows toad that it Was "a dewnright inelsloua in whieley that I WS a capital felpliotwy 110,15lhilailyeitshetolemre3akten-a fA:wlthat is i Zthe trunk and the oat gows freely. reociarir eltyitle wael rbeiatri.:'rir° eredriatwtwhich m lci titinil further trouble being: reduittud est ereised a decidedly soothingIt Ls whisks, or something else, . elasiheda did'apote troorhiotidtharubnowinitoor. irnectehp; that thjuke !early moraine; e ice fliawS Mr. Beata" feelings, most freely—just the time when it is At parting be shook may hand ef- fwuswiLelyn.otrepheatingmlLostlythtchaatavolope, 4plef_laellLareetree,iedia alf):,,if:oometthetIbisearetnslinlmiltbeierrlsdowloals tore for worlds, ..,mlnd you. sonny... bh hhhed, ceive the mattainal vioit of the milk - "Poo to be turned tepee at lomoilaau• precisely to -morrow. No hankew' e owls tlse4 hy the laathree of South America, to collect the peerious erage are the *walo- baohes" peculiar to tropical America.. These are nothing else but natural nd t snii fmourvlitiw:- 4,011:71:7; IPShrteasistt:IlleelvdaPtiittisehli,ghlr‘eoliweslaPrwei:111[411;ar and when at length we rolled into larger,gssurds- Thom gourds. the London in the grey dawn I hail per- 1•114it' f tho trots. aro id sPheritai force to curb my haste for SOMO DerhevalshihPoo and ones Moire Utah hours louger until the haute opened. lee* io &diameter- The outer shell Punctually at ten Mood bcforeo "ldhislY bowl. so that they are the big stone -Weil building' at, whiclo " not onlY miltreakaale, hut will oleo1t tlze , ae ion of filo. and are used r ceoeing-pots tho Initial's and iegrors 4)1 panky 1" * o * hag subsequent -emotions were 0. queer Mixture of -exuitetfon and iMe Mr. Beats transacted his busioese. and after allowing a. few minute's grace, in order that I might not be tioefoutely the first customer, TROPICAL ASIERICA. swung open the huge door aud walla Mi thet is necessary is to saw Wow ed boldly top to the countet' frult in half and scoop out the pulp The cashier glanced at the cheque. it, coateins. when each, half forms a made the stereotyped ingtory as to „ vessel which can be used either oe a how I would tate it. and was about:bowl or cootieg-pot. The gourds, olo count out the name wbon nome-hylten not used for emoting are often thing fresh seemed to siollio his oSic, carvei or 114151e4 with artistic de - fie ecrtatinieed it a, enfold' time, signs, ti then walked a yard or two away to Tao tree vadat Needle the milk Is a consult a. ecolleague, Tho action was neat, retake of that which produces siguticaut. and for once my usual the Tudia-roitolter of commerce, which presence of mind forsook nice Think-' is nothing mom then the etnigidittett Jug °MY tliT what the possible coat lll ne sap. Anil apropos ett this 04 e seetteares might he. X did the vere7 short one -melte may he told which worst thing I cwald under the cito inlereqina, to tehtottahrs and, cmwdaneeS. namely. Made a bolt for of %Wei importance to tipplers the door. who may vlsot that part of the Ifo omitted his head Amply. and a world, A pia/der af Demerara, burly conanieslooraire laid a quiet wodst bunting in the woos troth or band on my arm. I realized the negro servikuir. was OWITOrae with mistake the moment after. and. thirstand tapped a cow -tree in or - knowing that any resistatwo would or to Old lut 0, supply 01 timid 01 ofiectually destroy the last chalice 1 this be tiottok a largo 1-11111111 '1*5*1- tbnt remained of brazening the thhig 1 !tying it with a nip of brandy froin4 out, submitted to be taken into his flask. and after partaking of this!! privato room. There I angrily he eaf thrive to rent in the shade. mended to know on wbat ground ,Whorilo ;Afterward he was attached was treato4 In this unwarrantable Manner. "On the gritiond that this cheques has Man obteined falat pro - tenon.' was the curt reply of the mititagele who had now token tho ally sealed up with indiaerublier, thot hy thii most acute Kam and and had to be talent home. where Ito expired af- ter terrible suffering. A. postonortem TOVertled the fact that the unfortu- nate maids intestines had been liter - cave out of his subordinates' bands; brandy glitch ho pet bite the milk mut 00 MOM could 1 extraet from, having hod the mom of solidifying him. I stormed. argued, threatened, it gulling it into a, Substance in turn but to no purpose. Ile heo,nh . „ (gbb would went on. othett was coldly' inflexible ; mot X Was nt-, * any attempt. at esca)1e, even if yertid formed that should be detained contemplated It. would I:e bound to while inquiries were Imule•o saY- GERMS IN "YOUR NAIL, him The only poisont in this haute •thal, r was astonished at tbe turn hostiles omoeltes are Clow mon who at it touch of the hell." are ready to do my utmost bidding 1 "'That's consoling." ho remarked. "Nobod' •could say 'you \mod' can- did. at nay rate. The amity 1 I melon) it's a queetion of ettsta to come to the robot ?" • "Exactly." I replied. "1 Ahl glad to obserie that our ideas coincide. and I trust you will not think me unreasonoble if I veuture to Suggest that a thousand pounds would be a suitable ransom: "Make it dative sonny, mal it's a Seal 1" be snapped out ; but I shook my head deprecatingly. - "Pounds 1" insisted. "Your cheque for a thousand will solve all difficulties. There is a train to town at midnight which I can catch, shall be at your bask at opening time, .and my assistants will have instructions to liberate you half an hour later. The inconvenienee which you will stiller will be a mere bawl, telle ; whereas. on the other hand—" ? Don't think inc Inquisitive sonny, but 1 should like to know the other side of the kyard.." "You will miss your bone to -mor- row, and consequently your ap- pointment in Wall Street the &ante day following." "Ob. I,, shall I ?" he drawl- ed, con temp tu ously. "Look here, Mister, I reckon you think yourself .pretty smart, Wal, so Yam, 'Weeps for a Britisher ; but when you try to take the "eat off Hiram T. Beats you've got to be a goodish bit sprightlier than y'are—see ? What do you say to that ?" "That !" I was as quick .as he— in fact. I had been expecting some- thing of the sort—and the two shin- ing barrels flashed simultaneously.. "And if tho truth's known, Arr. Hiram T. Beats," I said, looking him straight in the face, "inine's loaded and -yours isn't !" There was a moment's silence ; then, seeing that his bluff had failed, he let his arm drop to his side. "Say, sonny," he said -'and I took it as a Compliment that there was a diderent not in his voice—"I guess made a slight, mistake when 1 took you for a green 'up, eh ?" "Green and gold, sir,": I replied, sententionsly, "may be an excellent combination from the artist's Point of view ; but in my profession you seldom ,find them. associated. The hour -is, however,getting late: ,I would suggest, with all duedefer- ence, that You now hand me your cheque,' -and we stied :,have just nice time 'afterwards for a quiet Supper together before I leave." • , gave a 'peculiar shrug. : "Wale it's the first time anyone's ever Otetwed a bead, on me, sonny, and that you kin -bet your last dollar on ; but 1 reckon Ws a; ease this thee. What did you say your name' Was ?" "Oh, make it out to Smith to save any trouble," I Said, passing him thewriting materials, "It's mis good 112 any Otheri"- Manta had taken would but feebly describe the consternation that Ailed me. What Could bate happened ? Why bad tortoni° so Cruelly betrayed one on the very point of victory 2i These were questions which 1 twinloa attempted to answer as I fretted and4 funied. the next two or three hours away. The denouement was just as startling. About feet' o'clock in the nfternoon I was toid in the sante out voice that I was at liberty to :depart, a letter was pushed into my Molds, and I found myself on tb& pavement a moment after, 'wonder- , ing what it all meant. Free 1 It was a joyful sensation coming after the visions of enforee0 retirement frOut the world 'Milt:it,: had presented themselves in such unpleasant guise not long before ; and realizing tbaL a speedy disap- pearance was the best policy to pursue X made off as quickly us pos- sible to my humble dwelling. Safely ensconced there, I bethought myself of the missive that hadbeen handed to ine ; and, guessing that it held the key to the mystery, with eager fingers broke the seal. This was what I read :— My Dear Young Friend, --I guess by the time you read this you'll have had plenty of opportunity • to Cool your heels a bit ; and a little advice won't come so much amiss. INText tithe you try to rook anybody make sure you've got the right man. I was laughing at you up my sleeve the whole tithe if you'd only known it. Don't , think X. bear you any malice, however ; Hiram T. Beets isn't That sort. To tell the truth, 1:ve a sort of sneaking liking for you ; and that's why I've told the bank people to let you go. For years my cashiers have had orders not to pay any cheque of mine which was signed with a Greek "o" in the word "Beats"—a.little fact of which you were not aware, and consequently failed to observe on that piece of ,paper last night. Across the pond, You see, we entici- pato this sort of thing and pro- vide for it -:-only they're o lot sthart- Or over there. -.Here's luck,' sonny You're not half a bad sort, and your • whisky was ininiense,Youre admiringly, HIRAM T. BEATS, I perused this remarkable docu- ment twice ; then it ,struelc inc that the admiration expressed by ' Mr. Beats wag inuttial. To this day I regard him as an e'cceedingly far-. •seelpg individual.-,7London Tit -Bits. OU6HT TO BE'ENOUGH FOR HIM "Do tell me, Mrs. Barkins," said the young mother, "whether you be- lieve in one cow's milk for baby." "Well," said Mrs. Barkins, ``that depends on the child. If he's a good, strong, healthy baby, and wants it, I'd give him. two cows' milk ; but it does seem as if any ordinary baby wotildn't need more'n one cow could fuenistedi .111.01•••••• The Lancet Warns Reoders Against hdicrobes. thoco agaia the Loudon Lotted; bas been trying to Moho Its rendered &eh creep. Many persons have their morning letters placed on the Micah. - fast table. -This plan, from a won- tary point of view, is," the Lancet woos, "appalling." Win eine cases out ot ton the en- velope bearing the letter Is licked, as is Also the stamp, by the soulea Infection, therefore, may readily lurk there, especially as by the time the letter reaches its destination the stamp and sealed cover are dry, and any =thrift morbi would be easily detached. -Then there are the disks of infec- tion to which The letter is exposed in transit. : The sorter at the post office or the postman may not be as bacteriologically clean as desirable. The dust of tho road. may adhere tO any exposed gum or the letters may be dropped. Bacteriologically road dust exhibits some well known pa- thogenic organisms. Lettos are too frequently smeared with rood mad. Among the microbes recogniz- ed in road aweepingsaare those of P115, malignant oedema, tetanus, tuberculosis and septicaemia." Surely this is piling up tho agony a little too high. Where, one won- ders, will the Lancet find deadly dangers, lurking next ? MIXED: In some parts of Cernimar it is the Custom to send congratulatory tele- grams to friends at a distance who aro being Married. That is, the message is timed to arrive just after the ceremony arid during the feast which usually follows. Now, a certain man, a large far- mer, was about to he married, and shortly„ beforethe time he heard that onp of his cattle had strayed. It being a valuable animal, Oe told his -bailiff- to let him .know et once when it vas found. .The bailiff, being an economical mart, combi'ned' the two affairs, and the happy bridegroom received the following,message just as they 64 sat: down, to dinner "Congratulation The ! The beast is caught !" it is fair to concktide that. (he tele- gram' afforded at least as Much gratification to the assembled gnats as to the actual recipient hintself.: HONOR FOR A HEN. Gandersheim, a German village, has recently been "en fete." The Oc- casion was the honoring of a then which had laid its thousandth egg. Many of the houses were decorated with flags, while in the evening the proprietor of the hen entertained his friends at a supper, at -which the principal dish was a gigantic, ome- lette. The function was a splendid success, and the health of the hen was drunk with great enthusiasm. LANDSCAPES, LIFE- SIZE. Ideoster Pa.em,erA Owned A West- ern A eameraaloatasitirl:g4e. enough to gerve e.$ a living roegn, ha e lately been constructed and put to 'wawa - eat use, It is, indeed, a giant among acaeloglebvaosiketianolernegfourir..eists o4riroctoiropets. 04f inasstve ' ainework a, tripod, and tho negative which it takes measures eight, feet by four mei egeettolo feet. The Metropolitan Magazine describes it as feiloWs: This marvellous cemero owes its marvelous emotion to the enterprise et the general passenger Ageat of a Western railroad. It was (*.coked to onahe at picture of the compauy'e "Limited Fle•er" for exhibition pur- poses, d _ t • picturesque scenes along the road on 41, 'Very large scale, but the general passenger agent could, not and suitable comero anywhere. Iddistino an expert to ord. in the project, the roilroad num. bent his energies to the task of reproduce jug every detail of the most approv- ed type centera on a scale so en- tirely beyond the ordinary that the optical company whielt received the •contract for the lensee hod to set nit sileeial taaeltinery for their moo Tbo best lumber was secured for the walla of the huge boo which forme the dari; chamber of the cam- beri.ar.„17=Isloseit;ncIdaepezprsent= tee:, played to build and put it up, tone. Wier with the groat behows to be used in securing a, torus, Tho cloth for tbo bellows was so- le -ted with the utntost care. In ev- erF Part of the wood; every poeeible provision was made to secure that degree of strength whit% should he a guarantee of notatteloted etimpe ood adjusttnents, suck an metal coreort Waive and connecting -rods, Water- proof and laght-proof conditions were obtained by the ase of forty gallons or moro of superior cernent• The completed camera can be ee. tended to o length of about twenty feet. and there is roma tho daunt her proper for two aeon to stand up and MOW about without luterfering with twit other. The two Imes with whir% Oda reitionnoth eatelera is 'provided have a Owes. ono of Oro and one-italf foot, and the other of ten foot. There is a view tinder of special. construction. attached to which is an automatic measure, so gaged that melt half- inch upon it represents ono foot to which the bellows must be drawn out. entire weight of the camera without a Plato, and not 'winding Its support, is thirteen hundred poundst The plate 'weighs onc• hun- dred pounds. and four mon aro ne- cessary to handle it. When a picture Is to be, taken a framework is ereefed at the 'view- point and the eantera IS placed there- on. the bellows part supported by rollere, which facilitate the drawing - out, or poshing-in process incidental to focusing. BAD—+cozzez.7"—xIoNs. Cioanliners of the Skin. Nay Bo Attained. Moore is really no excuse for the girl who goes around with her skin making open confession that she is a retort against the laws or health. There ma many forms of stin dis- ease, of coucsa that are beyond the Conteol et those suffering front them. Some of these are exceedingly ob- scure as to their origin and obstin- ately resistaut to treatment, and all such cases almUld be tinder the cam of competent dermatologists. 'We have only reference in this article to those muddy, pimply, uncarod-for skins too -often shown by girls who should be in the very bloom of youth and freshness. but who, through Ignorance, and far too of- ten through uneleauliness or laziness or greediness. start, and maintain, °mellows through years, a condi- tion of skin that would disgrace an Eskimo. There is cone great prescription, and one only, for a ramie bright complexion, and that is—first, last and always—bodily cleanliness, both external and internal. Now, cleanliness of the skin is by no means netained by mere surface rubbing and scrubbing, although a certain amount of this is necessary. and many a proud, fastidious and otherwise dainty young woman needs to be told to wash her face properly. But she wens to be told more than this. The organs of this wonderful body of ours aro curiously loyal to each other. If the organ is 'enable to perform all the work which is put upon it, for instance the others faithfully turn in and labor to do its share as well as their own. This is a beneficent provision for the tiding orer of temporary difficulties, but it was never intended in the scheme of things to become a permanent ar- rangement. When it has lasted long enough, the organ or organs doing extra work begin to show signs of distress, Nature is just, as well as kind, and always takes toll. When the skin is put to it to per- form part of the work that should be done by. the livet, the kidneys or oth- er organs, it must 50011 thrOW Out its signal of 'distress in the form of salt ownese, ,roughness and pimples. A young woman aShamed of ber complexion should try the effect ‚of drinking more water and eating leSs candy, giifring her digestive organs a bath and a rest. Lee her then treat the face to an occasional thorough teething in soft water, using one of the good, mild soaps of which them are now so many offered. Let, her also breathe 'plenty of fresh air, and then watch the §peedy improvement that will Come. On the other hand, errors of diet, neglected bowels, insufficient bathing and an unventilated bedroom would dim the complexion of a dryad in a week.—Youth's Companion, you are too young," pleaded the ankious mother. No girl should marry before her mind is fully formd." "Oh," said the glad- setne nujiden of eighteen summers, "My mind has been made up for more than a week,'' IN A BACK or r.t.U. Experience of a 'Young Ma4 234 Proxy Zane Theatre. TO cling to the network of rods ceu a huge chandelier, roasting in tea upriesiong heat of humiredo of gas - :earners, with a drop of nioety feet beneetie—this ie experieuce the reentory of which still makes Air. Frank ,Parker ehuilder. The eireuria 1 atances oro told in the Strand Mag. - Before the day of electric lights Drury Lane Theatre was illoioineted by a great ga.eolier, •eighteen feet across the base. It hung on StOUt chains twelve feet long. and was fe4 by pipes coming down through a, manhole in the ceiline',. Close to this manhole was a, circular crown of 1:airriers; a large circle ran found the bottom of the chandelier; and in addition, baskets of betas wore grouped at intervals about the lewer The boy vrho lighted this glittering - mass of jets and flashing pi'istas was Frank Porker, a youth of iteven- teen. As no automatic spark loa4 then been devised, the method of liglitiog was a. primitive one. Park- er used to go into .the garret alravgi the ceiling and reach down thrwsgh f the manlhole witit a long pole, at, the end of which was a spirit torch, ln doing this he had; to lie very care - fall not. to break any of the glase pendants, width, if loosened. tnigte under the great heat drop off (teeing performarwe mid till nottitiene in ithe One night, as Porker r44neirr-qt down to light the Lowe*' range of !folds and the loasliet clusters, Ito anocked the pole against a string of glass orients, ithich came loose at the end mod swung down, oupported only by a small eopper wiro. Then he reonembered tho wortie tor Woe nianagem "If any of the cre-stala come loose, break thou, loose at. alt costs. They are daotgerotne" eic. Porker, without Itesitatioit. climbed down through the noanhoho upon the interlaced rods and braves f the chandelier, which swayed slowly me the Malt pit. ho let himsolf down through the hoop of lights which torrool the top of the chandelier, his lama caught the cirelo of open jets, and the dame ran round in a. succession of sput- ters. one -light, catehing front an- other, as a. row of dorairioes lathe There he was, imprisoned between fire above and ilartrices below. At iiret ho did not notice his peril for he was intent on tweeting off tho dangerous cluster of pritans. With groat difficulty he reached it find, knoclied it into the pit. The, pause before it struck told him how deep tate chasoot lay beneath Titeit ho looked up and radioed his position, for there was the circle of blazing jets ftlICeie him barring the way to the, Manhole.. The heat and poisonous dunes of hundreds of lights rushed. aver hint up through tho ventilator. Ire called for help. The minutes slipped by. Tho rods he clung to grew hot. Then whon he had alrnoet given up hope. the, head lightnian beard his cries and rushed up. over the grille, through the dark, garret to the man- hole. Turning ofT the lights, he hey clown. an one does to pelt a drown. Ing utan front a hake notched through the opening, ited seising Parher's arons, drew ham up to sure, ty. *.••••••••• ••• %PIM COMIN' AWA' TN TUTS A couple of Scottish ferrymen row- ing a, somewhat, daudified English- man out to a eteamer at one of tlio Clyde watering -places, saw, to their constermition, the man tumble -over the gunwale of the boat into the water. The foremost ferryman dropped his oar and made a grab at the man us he rose to the surface. catching him by the wig, which atone away in his hand. Throwing this into the boat ine patiently, be made a. second grab, catching the collar of his shirt, whoa the collar and front came away in his hands. Casting these away from hint in great disgust, he cried "Man. Don- ald ! come hero quick, and help's to save as inuckle 0' this man as ye can, for he's comin' awit' in bits !" :HER FACE CHANGED. "What has become of Miss Blank. who Was 0.111rnYS Stith a favorite your set 2" ”ITer father failed sonie weeks ago, and all they had was sold by atm, tion." "Poor thing !" "And now theyy ha.ve to live in a tittle 'muse in Brixton" "What a change I now she must feel it." "Yes. Shp is so much changed that even her best friends would not recognize her. I met her in the. street to -day, and did not know her at all, poor thing." • THE POPLIN INDUSTRY. One of the peculiar industries ot Ireland whielt has recently received fresh stimelus is tho Mitnufaeture ot poplin, a kind of goods in which siIl' and wool aro so combined that the silk constitutes the surfaces and the wool the interior part. The silk comes from. China; but it is all dyed in Dublin, because they aver inthe Irish capital that there is some quote' ity in the- Thiblin water which .inseree brilliande: and permanence. of :caloi,. that has not been attained elsewhere, Re : .had beenholding her hand. most of the evening. As he ,showed a disposition to release it without • asking the Momentous question she suggested, quite casually', '`Of hearse you understandthat goods taken on approval are .considered disposed of after they have been hold a cer- tain length of time- ?", Natanially, he 'appreciated that the. hand was his ,withoitt the asking, Sunday Island, in the,Vacific, is really thetallest mountain in the world. It rises 2,000 feet out of five .ohiles of water, eeit is thus Ve7. :30.,000 feetfrotn base to suminit,